Box 1
Container
Contains 37 Results:
Newspaper Clippings, circa 1956-1966.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
Clippings of newspaper articles circa 1956-1966, along with two pages from an undated publication titled ‘This is Gallup’, including a one-page ‘History of Fort Wingate’.
Dates:
circa 1956-1966.
Indian School, circa 1928.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
Photographs of groups of students, football and baseball teams, the school band and school buildings at the Charles H. Burke Indian School, with some dated 1928-1929. Eight 8x10-inch and two 5x7-inch photographs.
Dates:
circa 1928.
People and Events, circa 1890-1960.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
Six black and white photographs, including two images of a Wingate Ordnance Depot parade float bearing the title “Fire Power for Peace”, manned by Navajo people and with a representation of a hogan. Most photos are undated. Also includes one postcard with a photograph of a Fort Wingate arms inspection, circa 1890.
Dates:
circa 1890-1960.
Navajo Scouts, undated.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
Four photographs, three torn/damaged, one labeled “Jeff King—Scout”, referring to the famed Navajo scout.
Dates:
undated.
Firefighting training, undated.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents
Twelve 3 ½ x 4 ½-inch instant photographs depicting firefighting training at the Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo Area Office, labeled with description but undated.
Dates:
undated.
Igloo Construction, circa 1940.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents
Photographs depict the construction at Fort Wingate of ‘igloos’, concrete structures built for the storage of military ordnance.
Dates:
circa 1940.
Military Police, undated.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents
Series of eighteen 5x7-inch official Army black and white photographs of Military Police activities, undated.
Dates:
undated.
Fort Wingate, 1940-1941.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents
Seventy-one 8x10-inch and 7x9-inch black and white photographs of Fort Wingate Ordnance Depot, mostly depicting depot lands and including many aerial photographs. All but a few are described and dated on the reverse. Three photographs are dated 1940. New Mexico Governor John Miles appears in three photographs. There are a number of duplicates.
Dates:
circa 1928-1975
Fort Wingate Buildings and Landscapes,
File — Box: 1, Folder: 34-36
Scope and Contents
120 black and white photographs depicting Fort Wingate buildings (with some interiors), equipment, grounds and landscapes, including two with area wildlife. Many of the Ordnance Depot building have attached labels; others are identified on the reverse. Includes a number of aerial photographs. Many prints are labeled as official Army photographs. The folder includes a number of duplicate photographs. Most photographs are undated.
Dates:
circa 1928-1975
Gallup, New Mexico, undated.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents
Placeholder p text
Dates:
undated.
Slides and Negatives, circa 1965-1975.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents
Forty slides depicting various subjects: Marine Band, January 1975; ‘sensitive mines, C-1112’, 1975; ‘change of command, Watkins-Adams’, August 1974; buildings/facilities, 1966-1975. The original labeling has been maintained and transferred to the sleeves for the slides. The folder also includes three sheets of undated 35 mm film negatives, including images of buildings, facilities and personnel.
Dates:
circa 1965-1975.
Photocopies and Copies, undated.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents
Photocopies and copies of photographs, some represented elsewhere in the collection.
Dates:
undated.